Police suspected of involvement in shootings that left two political
activists dead in East Timor face disciplinary action, the country's prime
minister said Tuesday.

Officials, including President Jose Ramos-Horta, have said police
personnel were behind the separate Sunday shootings during campaign
rallies for the National Congress of Reconstruction of Timor (CNRT) party.

Prime Minister Estanislau Aleixo da Silva told journalists here Tuesday
that an unspecified number of policemen have been held.

"An investigation has proceeded and the policemen under suspicion
have been disarmed and these policemen will face action for police
indiscipline," da Silva said, declining to specify the number of
police involved.

"As prime minister I state that whoever does not respect the law
and transgresses it or the rights of others, must be taken to court. There
is no impunity for anyone," da Silva said.

Meanwhile, the eastern district of Viqueque, where the shootings took
place, remains tense.

"The security situation in the country as a whole has been stable,
although Viqueque remains tense following the shootings on Sunday," a
statement from the UN Police in East Timor said Tuesday.

"UNPol is continuing its investigation into the alleged murders
that took place in Viqueque last Sunday. Officers from the Major Crime
Investigation Unit are working with forensics experts and other officers
from the National Investigation Unit who arrived on the scene today
(Tuesday)," the UN Police said.

Campaigning kicked off last week for crucial June 30 elections to
choose a new prime minister and parliament.

The polls are expected to see a tough contest between the CNRT and
Fretilin, which has dominated parliament since East Timor officially
gained independence from Indonesia in 2002.

Baucau, Viqueque and Lautem districts were strongholds of Fretilin, the
former resistance movement.